What is it that turns chai into a clay-like color?

Question

The spices (cinnamon, cardamon, ginger and cloves) and tea (Darjeeling) only make the chai that I make into a beige-like color. The delicious chai that I've had in two different places are in a clay color. What is the ingredient or technique that I'm missing out?

Answer 1

Warm milk is added to the tea.

Answer 2

Probably turmeric.  Not all chai mixtures use it, but some do.  It would add an orange tinge to the brown tea.

Answer 3

The tea leaves are of dark green colour only and after plucking the tea leaves are  processed by different  methods and tormented to give black or to produce an amber-color, and also bitterness to this beverage. Due to process and formenatation when put in hot water or boiled the liquor becomes mostly  dark color.-

Answer 4

heat.

Answer 5

Tea Powder.........